1To John Jay from the Secretary for Foreign Affairs (Robert R. Livingston), 6 July 1782 (Jay Papers)
’s secretary was Lewis R. Morris, Gouverneur Morris’s nephew.
2From John Jay to Gouverneur Morris, 24 September 1783 (Jay Papers)
Robert and Mary White Morris. Gouverneur Morris responded to this letter on
3Passports Issued by Jefferson, 1785–1789, [September 1789] (Jefferson Papers)
Morris Gouverneur. 2.m.
4To Alexander Hamilton from Gouverneur Morris, 31 January 1790 (Hamilton Papers)
The “Society of Friends to America” was a business association which included at various times Daniel Parker, Robert Morris, Gouverneur Morris, the Van Staphorsts, the Willinks, and Le Couteulx. The partnership existed to obtain control of the American debt to France. The story of its complicated negotiations may be followed in Gouverneur Morris,
5To Thomas Jefferson from Philip Mazzei, 8 March 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
, s.v. “Morris, Gouverneur”; Cuyler Reynolds, comp.,
6Enclosure: Lafayette’s Description of his Finances, [ca. 18 November 1809] (Jefferson Papers)
Morris, Gouverneur [index entry]
7Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Rush, 16 January 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
Morris, Gouverneur [index entry]
8John Adams to Thomas Jefferson, 15 November 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
Morris, Gouverneur [index entry]
9John Barnes to Thomas Jefferson, 29 July 1814 (Jefferson Papers)
Morris, Gouverneur; on the role of government [index entry]
10Thomas Jefferson to Gouverneur Morris, 20 October 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
Morris, Gouverneur; identified [index entry] Morris, Gouverneur; letter to [index entry]
11Martha Jefferson Randolph to Thomas Jefferson, 20 November 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
Morris, Gouverneur; death of [index entry]
12Thomas Jefferson to DeWitt Clinton, 24 November 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
Morris, Gouverneur; death of [index entry] Morris, Gouverneur; TJ on [index entry]
13Thomas Jefferson’s Notes on Early Career (the so-called “Autobiography”), [6 January–29 July 1821], with editorial note … (Jefferson Papers)
Morris, Gouverneur; and public finance [index entry]
14Martha Jefferson Randolph to Ann C. Morris, 27 May 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
Morris, Gouverneur (1813–88) [index entry]
, but his awareness of American financial weakness soon made him more cautious. Jay had long been expressing his views in correspondence with other nationalists like Robert Morris, Gouverneur Morris, John Adams, and Alexander Hamilton, and carried on a regular correspondence with Washington, enlisting his active support for constitutional reform.